Megs Jenkins
Actor
Born April 21, 1917 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
An engineer's daughter, she had first planned on becoming a ballerina, using her original Christian name Muguette, but abandoned those plans by the age of 17 when she realized that her physique was more in keeping with her other first name, Megs. She trained in Liverpool at the School of Dancing and Dramatic Art and then joined the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1933 before moving to London to appear at the Player's Theatre four years later. During the 1950's, Megs was busy acting on stage and had considerable critical success in two plays by Emlyn Williams, 'Light of Heart' (1940) and 'The Wind of Heaven' (1945). Against character, she also played the vicious, unstable Alma Winemiller in 'Summer and Smoke' (1951) by Tennessee Williams. In 1956, she was awarded the Clarence Derwent Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role as the stoic wife of a longshoreman harbouring incestuous feelings for his niece in 'A View from the Bridge' by Arthur Miller. The previous year, she had made her Broadway debut in Chekhov's 'A Day by the Sea' as a supportive governess to an alcoholic physician.
Filmography
A Woman of Substance
Mrs Turner
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Mrs Braithwaite
Young at Heart
Ethel Collyer
Worzel Gummidge
Mrs. Braithwaite
Kay
Iris
The Daedalus Equations
Eileen Gray
The Amorous Milkman
Iris Peters
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Mum
Father Brown
Mrs Banks
The Turn of the Screw
Mrs. Grose
Playhouse
Eileen Gray
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. White
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Mrs. White
Asylum
Nurse Higgins
David Copperfield
Clara Peggotty
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Matron
Oliver!
Mrs. Bedwin
ITV Playhouse
Beryl Steele
Stranger in the House
Mrs. Christoforides
Mystery and Imagination
Mrs Bunch
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Miss Wellcome
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Sister
Gideon's Way
Liz Rikker
The Wednesday Play
Mrs. Turner
Macbeth
Gentlewoman
Murder Most Foul
Gladys Thomas
The Human Jungle
Dr. Murphy
The Barber of Stamford Hill
Heart to Heart
Lady Johnson
Life for Ruth
Mrs Gordon
The Innocents
Mrs. Grose
The Green Helmet
Kitty Launder
Jet Storm
Rose Brock
Tiger Bay
Mrs. Phillips
Friends and Neighbours
Lily Grimshaw
Indiscreet
Doris Banks
The Story of Esther Costello
Nurse Evans
The Passionate Stranger
Millie
The Man in the Sky
Mrs. Snowden
Armchair Theatre
Ma Waite
John and Julie
Mrs. Pritchett
Out of the Clouds
Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
The Gay Dog
Maggie Gay
Trouble in Store
Miss Gibson
Personal Affair
Vi Vining
Rough Shoot
Mrs. Powell
The Cruel Sea
Tallow's Sister
Ivanhoe
Servant to Isaac
Secret People
Penny
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Gentlewoman
White Corridors
Mrs. Briggs
No Place for Jennifer
Mrs. Marshall
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Nan Ritchie
The History of Mr. Polly
The Innkeeper
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Frau Busche
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. Alice Trelawne
The Brothers
Angustina
Green for Danger
Nurse Woods
Painted Boats
Barmaid
29 Acacia Avenue
Shirley
The Ten Year Plan
Housewife
The Lamp Still Burns
Nurse (uncredited)
Millions Like Us
Gwen Price
Poison Pen
Barmaid